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Port of Port Angeles commissioners defend executive director selection process

PORT ANGELES — Did Port of Port Angeles commissioners play loose with state law in the way they…

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Drug stores in program to take back old medicines

PORT ANGELES — Those unused prescription drugs that are taking up space in medicine cabinets across the North…

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Dicks nixes health care town hall on North Olympic Peninsula, opting for small meeting instead

PORT ANGELES — The threat of disruptive demonstrations against President Barack Obama’s proposed health care plan has nixed…

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Rain aids firefighters’ efforts in park

BRINNON — Moisture and cool weather continued to quell wildfires in Olympic National Park as a dozen firefighters…

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Port Angeles candidates spar at chamber forum

PORT ANGELES — Luncheon-goers were treated to a spirited discussion Monday among the four primary election candidates for…

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Covarrubias sticks with guilty murder plea

PORT ANGELES — Robert Gene Covarrubias, 28, on Thursday stuck with his plea that he is guilty of…

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Boy provoked dog that mauled him

BRINNON ­– A family dog that was provoked into mauling an 8-year-old Brinnon boy’s face on Monday has…

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Murderer may change plea to guilty again

PORT ANGELES ­– In another dizzying reversal, Robert Gene Covarrubias said he wants to plead guilty to raping…

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Accused killer signals another reversal: wants to plead guilty

PORT ANGELES — Reversing himself yet again, Robert Gene Covarrubias said today he wants to plead guilty and…

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Boy provoked dog that mauled him

BRINNON ¬­– A family dog that was provoked into mauling an 8-year-old Brinnon boy’s face on Monday has…

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Boy, 8, mauled by family mastiff

BRINNON ­– An 8-year-old Brinnon boy, attacked Monday by the family’s purebred bull mastiff, was resting at home…

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Confessed killer Covarrubias changes mind again, says he’s not guilty

PORT ANGELES ­– In a stunning reversal, Robert Gene Covarrubias intends to change his plea back to not…

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Stunner: Covarrubias will change plea back to not guilty

PORT ANGELES — Robert Gene Covarrubias intends to change his plea back to not guilty of murdering 15-year-old…

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Lacking funds, families wanting burial forced to cremate loved ones

More than two weeks after she died July 8, the refrigerated body of 60-year-old Linda Latimer is stored…

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Killer’s confession creates ‘a good day’ for mother of victim, 15

PORT ANGELES ­– Robert Gene Covarrubias, who has maintained over the past five years that he was innocent…

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Covarrubias confesses to girl’s murder, defense lawyer confirms

PORT ANGELES ­– After aggressively maintaining his innocence for nearly six years — once even writing it on…

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Treasurer’s Office investigation finale several weeks away, suspect resigns

PORT ANGELES — A state Auditor’s Office investigative team has finished an on-site, six-week investigation into the embezzlement…

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Forum set on Sherwood clinic closure

PORT ANGELES — A forum sponsored by Olympic Medical Center at its Sequim campus will focus on the…

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Realtors encouraged by Peninsula-wide open house effort

PORT ANGELES — Little more than two weeks after a North Olympic Peninsula-wide open house caught the interest…

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With doctor lawsuit — action could affect doctors statewide

PORT ANGELES — The U.S. District Court case filed by Dr. Robert Witham of Port Angeles against Olympic…